Prayers and condemnation in Pakistan as an Islamist militant group took to the
streets to protest the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Some 1000 supporters of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group blamed for the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai, held special prayers for Osama bin Laden after he was killed by United States forces in Pakistan's northwestern garrison town of Abbottabad on Monday.

Amid shouts of "God is greatest" and pro-Osama slogans, the mourners from LeT or Jamat-ud-Daawa (JUD) as they are now known, offered special prayers in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city.

The group, whose name means "Army of the Pious" is on the US watch-list of terrorist organisations, was established to fight Indian rule in Kashmir and has past links to both Pakistani intelligence and al-Qaeda.

LeT was founded in Afghanistan where it is said to have shared training camps with the Taliban and al-Qaeda.